Broken Hearts are for Strangers

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Broken Hearts are for Strangers
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The copulated remainder of
every failed union
gathers just like old newspaper clippings
yellow, stale-smelling, cracking at the edges
this happens to the best of us who
search for a complimentary soul

yet
nothing stings like the amputation of
soft intimacy
no bed is ever colder
than the one recently evacuated
by one of two

take heed! All the
lone hearts of midnight
this feeling WILL fade
just not on your time

somewhere in a smokey room
strewn with remainders from
former lives, previous loves,
enough time will pass for
the best of us to continue
moving forward
hearts on our sleeves
meeting our next heartbreaks
through a cyber-shop window